Lynn Wilder

Lynn K. Wilder (born 1952) is a Christian author and former Brigham Young University (BYU) professor. She became well known for discussing how she left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the 2011 video-documentary Unveiling Grace.

Biography Wilder attended high school in Richmond, Indiana. The couple have three sons, Joshua, Matt and Micah, and a daughter, Katie. They joined the LDS Church in 1977, after Mormon missionaries knocked on their door and converted them.

Wilder earned a PhD at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

In 2006, she converted and became an evangelical Born-Again Christian after her son, Micah, who was serving a Mormon mission to Orlando, Florida, told his parents that he was having doubts about the LDS Church and after studying the New Testament. Two years after her conversion, she resigned from BYU.

Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 2011 Unveiling Grace Herself Short film 2015 The Mormons: Who They Are, What They Believe Herself Documentary